Cisco 300-910 Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices

Welcome to Exam Cisco 300-910 Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices using Cisco Platforms Verified QA Tests 2026

Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices Using Cisco Platforms (300-910 DEVOPS) is a 90-minute exam that tests a candidate's knowledge of DevOps practices as it pertains to deployment automation that enables automated configuration, management, and scalability of cloud microservices and infrastructure processes on Cisco platforms.

Exam Topics :-

1.0 CI/CD Pipeline

• 1.1 Describe characteristics and concepts of build /deploy tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/ CD, or Travis CI

• 1.2 Identify the sequence, components, and integrations to implement a CI/CD pipeline for a given scenario

• 1.3 Troubleshoot issues with a CI/CD pipeline such as code-based failures, pipeline issues, and tool incompatibility

• 1.4 Identify tests to integrate into a CI/CD pipeline for a given scenario

• 1.5 Identify release deployment strategy (canary, rollbacks, and blue/green) for a given scenario

• 1.6 Diagnose code dependency management issues including API, tool chain, and libraries

• 1.7 Interpret a GitLab CI/CD configuration file

2.0 Packaging and Delivery of Applications

• 2.1 Identify the steps to containerize an application

• 2.2 Identify steps to deploy multiple microservice applications

• 2.3 Evaluate microservices and container architecture diagrams based on technical and business requirements (security, performance, stability, and cost)

• 2.4 Identify safe handling practices for configuration items, application parameters, and secrets

• 2.5 Construct a Docker file to address application specifications

• 2.6 Describe the usage of golden images to deploy applications

3.0 Automating Infrastructure

• 3.1 Describe how to integrate DevOps practices into an existing organization structure

• 3.2 Describe the use of configuration management tools to automate infrastructure services such as Ansible and Terraform

• 3.3 Construct an Ansible playbook to automate an application deployment of infrastructure services

• 3.4 Construct a Terraform configuration to automate an application deployment of infrastructure services

• 3.5 Describe the practice and benefits of Infrastructure as Code

• 3.6 Design a pre-check validation of the network state in a CI/CD pipeline for a given scenario

• 3.7 Design a pre-check validation of the application infrastructure in a CI/CD pipeline for a given scenario

• 3.8 Describe the concepts of extending DevOps practices to the network for NetDevOps

• 3.9 Identify the requirements such as memory, disk I/O, network, and CPU needed to scale the application or service

4.0 Cloud and Multicloud

• 4.1 Describe the concepts and objects of Kubernetes

• 4.2 Deploy applications to a Kubernetes cluster

• 4.3 Utilize objects of Kubernetes to build a deployment to meet requirements

• 4.4 Validate the success of an application deployment on Kubernetes

• 4.5 Describe method and considerations to deploy an application to multiple environments such as multiple cloud providers, high availability configurations, disaster recovery configurations, and testing cloud portability

• 4.6 Describe the process of tracking and projecting costs when consuming public cloud

• 4.7 Describe benefits of infrastructure as code for repeatable public cloud consumption

• 4.8 Compare cloud services strategies (build versus buy)

5.0 Logging, Monitoring, and Metrics

• 5.1 Identify the elements of log and metric systems to facilitate application troubleshooting such as performance issues and streaming telemetry logs

• 5.2 Implement a log collection and reporting system for applications

  • 5.2.a aggregate logs from multiple related applications

  • 5.2.b search capabilities

  • 5.2.c reporting capabilities

• 5.3 Troubleshoot a distributed application using AppDyanmics with Application Performance Monitoring

• 5.4 Describe the principles of chaos engineering

• 5.5 Construct Python scripts that use APIs to accomplish these tasks

  • 5.5.a build a monitoring dashboard

  • 5.5.b notify Webex space

  • 5.5.c responding to alerts and outages

  • 5.5.d creating notifications

  • 5.5.e health check monitoring

  • 5.5.f opening and closing incidents

• 5.6 Identify additional application requirements to provide visibility into application health and performance

• 5.7 Describe Kubernetes capabilities related to logging, monitoring, and metrics

• 5.8 Describe the integration of logging, monitoring and alerting in a CI/CD pipeline design

6.0 Security

• 6.1 Identify methods to secure an application and infrastructure during production and testing in a CI/CD pipeline

• 6.2 Identify methods to implement a secure software development life cycle